Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Not Glop Statistics

I've read in the latest National Geographic Magazine [August 2006], the following statistics:

Odds of dying by any cause : 1 in 1 ( 100% ) ... this is not "Glop" at all.

But here the funny things. This article is based on  a study from the National Safety Coucil (an US institute)  called What are the odds of dying ?

So if you're an US citizen, you're more likely to die by heart disease ( 1 in 5 , 20% ).
I did not think suicide was so common ( 1 in 119 ), it's even (twice) more common than dying by falling ( 1 in 218 ).
In a previous post, I was talking about road safety, and it happens that dying in a motor vehicle accident is the 4th greatest odds ( after heart disease, cancer and stroke.... with 1 in 84).

So if you're looking some more unconventional death, here some tricks, you're more likely to die by alcohol poisoning ( 1 in 10048 ) than because of hot weather ( 1 in 13729 ), and I wonder if the numbers would be the same in France.

In the USA, you're more likely to die by Death Penalty ( 1 in 62468 ) than strike by lightning ( 1 in 79746 ) or Flood ( 1 in 144156 ) or Earthquake ( 1 in 117127 ).

In 2003, in the USA, 332 persons die by drowning and submersi into bath-tub, in order to compare there has been 17732 deaths by assault the same year.
Odds of dying by firearm assault 1 in 314....

But I did not find anything about death by shark ....

But you can always check with a psychic to know how this is going to end : Death Psychic
In my case th way of my death has been foretold like this:
After haggling over the price of meat, an enraged butcher beats you to death with a frozen beef tongue.

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